Freedom from the Robinson-Patman Act Is Never More Than One Generation Away from Extinction

The National Review cited CEI’s new report on the Robinson- Patman law

As I detail in a new report for the Competitive Enterprise Institute, these and other revivalist justifications are wrong — wrong on why Robinson-Patman became law, wrong on how it was enforced, and wrong on what revival would mean today. The law originated from the desire of wholesalers to protect themselves against competition. One hundred years ago, most consumers purchased goods, especially groceries, from small, neighborhood retailers. Wholesalers who connected those stores to the manufacturers who made the goods were the most important players of the day in the retail sector, especially politically.

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